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Tomographic Imaging of Displacement and Strain Fields

Phil Black - PII Editor 21/02/2013

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The seminar will investigate the present state of the art and future challenges of depth-resolved techniques to measure displacement and strain fields within the volume of materials such as metals, powders, polymers, composites and also soft tissues and biomaterials. Examples of these techniques include: X-ray computed tomography with digital volume correlation, polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography, ultrasound tomography, wavelength scanning interferometry, OCT elastography and MRI elastography.

Loughborough University, 10th April 2013

Applications include damage detection, 3D volume deformation, identification of constitutive parameters, evolution of micro and macro cracks in metals and composites, imaging of microstructural features in metallic or polymeric foams and general studies of mechanical phenomena that cannot be described solely based on surface measurements. These capabilities provide unique information to optimize the design of advanced structural component and advance our understanding of complex material behaviour.

The invited speakers are:
Prof.Ted Little and Ciara O”Driscoll, University of Limerick Ireland,
Prof. Philip Bayly Washington University, St. Louis, USA,
Dr. Rachel Tomlinson, University of Sheffield, UK,
Prof. David Stifter, Johannes Kepler University, Linz,
Dr. Fredrik Forsberg, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden,
Dr. Pablo Ruiz, Loughborough University, UK.

All are well-known practitioners, who are respected by the community and will provide a balanced input into discussions.

For more information including a flyer and registration form please visit http://www.bssm.org/default.asp?p=6&event=176